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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Eric Alan Eckberg, Rochester, MN (US);
James Dorance Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN (US);
John Theodore Gullicksrud, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen Peter Mroz, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott Alan Shruson, Mantorville, MN (US);
Eric Alan Eckberg, Rochester, MN (US);
James Dorance Gerken, Zumbro Falls, MN (US);
John Theodore Gullicksrud, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen Peter Mroz, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott Alan Shruson, Mantorville, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides an air baffle assembly for controlling airflow through a cable opening in a rack. The rack is configured for removably supporting a plurality of modular electronic components. The cable opening on the rack receives a plurality of cables connected to the modular electronic components. The air baffle assembly includes a track secured to the rack adjacent to the cable opening and an air baffle movably supported on the track over the cable opening. The track includes a rail guideway. The air baffle includes at least a flexible first rail movably received by the first rail guideway. The first rail flares laterally along a range of engagement of the first rail with the first rail guideway, to bias the air baffle in one longitudinal direction.